Samsung Pebble (S2) Mini-Review
This is my Mini-Review of the samsung pebble. i wrote this review about a month ago for the Epizenter.net forums, so this blog isn’t the first place it has been.
I actually bought this player for AU$48 with a friend, but we went 50/50 so i only paid AU$24. After he had used it for school camp, i got to keep it!
I didn’t end up getting to use it at camp though, because my school wouldn’t let me go to camp because i have severe Asthma. If i had had an Asthma attack while i was at camp there is no way help could have gotten to me. So i stayed home for a week.
Well… Enough of my rambling… Click Read more to read the review!
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Samsung Pebble (S2) Mini-Review
Introduction:
I have recently bought a Samsung Pebble, I mainly bought it as a throw-away player for school camp. I was looking at it or the stone, I chose it over the stone because of three reasons, A: It is shiny, B: it has longer battery life and C: it was only AU$8 more for the 2gb version over the 1gb stone.
In case you didn’t already know, the Pebble is a small Screen less shiny pebble shaped Mp3 player, it comes in Purple (Which I got), Red and Black. (It might come in white but no shops had that colour) The pebble was made to go against the Zen Stone and the iPod shuffle, and it has better pricing in Australia than either of them.
Packaging:
The Pebble comes in Plastic iPod Nano/Shuffle like packaging, it is relatively simple and looks good. The player comes with a few accessories including a Connection adapter which charges and syncs with the player through the 3.5mm headphone jack, Cds and manuals and a pair of lanyard headphones.
Features:
Because of its screen less design the Pebble doesn’t have many features, but it still packs in a few in its small size, it has Shufle, playlist support and DNSE sound enhancement.
Usability:
The controls of the Pebble are fairly simple, there is a play/pause button, forward and backwards buttons and volume up and down buttons, as well as a “smart” button. There is a slight learning curve with the functions of the “smart” button which can change playlist modes, play modes and DNSE sound effects.
Sound Quality
I compared the Pebble against the ZEN, ZVW and a Samsung T10, whilst the sound quality is nothing to write home about, it is great for a player of this size and price. I listened to various songs back to back at the same volume on each player with Sennheiser HD280 headphones and was pleasantly surprised by how the Pebble compared to the others.
Durability:
I don’t know how strong the case of the pebble is but its surface seems fairly scratch proof, I have been chucking it around all day and haven’t got a single scratch.
Value:
At its price the Pebble is great value, but you have to ask yourself if you need a screen, if not, the pebble is a great player for you.
Verdict:
Advantages:
• Cheap
• Decent sound quality
• Durable
• Great size
• A good amount of features
• Better Battery life than compettiors
Disadvantages:
• Takes AGES to copy data over
• Could have a clip
• Sync adapter could come with an extension cable.
Overall:
If you are in the market for a good value, decent sounding and great looking screenless MP3 player, then the Pebble might just be the player for you.
Damo
